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Restaurant health inspection grades in Arkansas

GradeLocal lists 10,648 Arkansas restaurants. Their average score is 88.3, a B. This guide explains who inspects them, what the results mean and how the grades break down.

10,648restaurants listed
88.3 · Baverage score
75counties covered
Oct 12, 2026latest inspection date

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Who inspects restaurants in Arkansas

Arkansas Department of Health. The state publishes observation counts, not grades or scores, so every letter is GradeLocal's.

Coverage: Statewide, all 75 counties. All sources

What Arkansas publishes

The agencies behind our Arkansas listings publish observation counts. None of them publish a score out of 100, so every Arkansas score on GradeLocal is a GradeLocal score, worked out from the official result.

How GradeLocal grades Arkansas restaurants

For violation counts, we count every violation in the latest inspection. None is an A, 1 or 2 is a B, 3 to 5 is a C, and 6 or more is a D. An emergency closure order is also a D.

Results with no score of their own get a set score for each letter: A is 95, B is 85, C is 72 and D is 50.

There are four letters, A to D, with no F. The same rule applies in every state, and the cutoffs are never adjusted for a state, county or city. We always use the latest inspection.

How grades work has the full rules.

Most common official results in our Arkansas data, and the letter each became
Official resultLetterListings
0 observationsA5,251
1 observationB2,958
2 observationsB1,319
3 observationsC615
4 observationsC253
5 observationsC128
6 observationsD62
7 observationsD31

How Arkansas restaurants grade

The latest grade for each of the 10,648 listings.

A
5,251
49.3% · grade A
B
4,277
40.2% · grade B
C
996
9.4% · grade C
D
124
1.2% · grade D

Inspection dates in our Arkansas data run from Jan 3, 2024 to Oct 12, 2026. 10,325 of the 10,648 listings (97.0%) were inspected in the 12 months before Oct 16, 2026. A restaurant may have been inspected again since.

Top-rated places in Arkansas

Every A-grade place in our Arkansas data gets the same GradeLocal score (95), so this list shows the ten most recently inspected A-grade places, one per name.

  1. A
    10 Box Cost - Plus #286CorningGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 12, 2026
  2. A
    94 HibachiBypass Heber SpringsGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 12, 2026
  3. A
    A-Z MartSebastian West HelenaGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 12, 2026
  4. A
    Arby's #5003015BatesvilleGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 12, 2026
  5. A
    Betty's Kitchen Soul FoodDermottGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 12, 2026
  6. A
    Boone's Travel Center DBA Workmans' Travel CenterMulberryGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 12, 2026
  7. A
    Boys and Girls Club of AlmaMain AlmaGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 12, 2026
  8. A
    Casey's #5146DanvilleGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 12, 2026
  9. A
    Centerpoint Football ConcessionAmityGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 12, 2026
  10. A
    DGTCBentonvilleGradeLocal score 95, inspected Oct 12, 2026

A grade shows one inspection on one day. Check the official record linked on each page.

Counties in Arkansas

Every county with at least one listing. Pick one to see its restaurants.

CountyRestaurantsAverage
Arkansas County10191.1 · A
Ashley County8990.8 · A
Baxter County20083.1 · B
Benton County35386.0 · B
Boone County17384.4 · B
Bradley County7190.6 · A
Calhoun County1787.4 · B
Carroll County21288.0 · B
Chicot County5790.8 · A
Clark County13686.6 · B
Clay County7290.8 · A
Cleburne County15185.5 · B
Cleveland County2589.4 · B
Columbia County13390.9 · A
Conway County10486.0 · B
Craighead County41188.5 · B
Crawford County26289.7 · B
Crittenden County25791.2 · A
Cross County7885.1 · B
Dallas County4788.6 · B
Desha County7690.1 · A
Drew County8290.0 · A
Faulkner County38290.8 · A
Franklin County7189.8 · B
Fulton County4192.6 · A
Garland County44790.6 · A
Grant County7489.2 · B
Greene County21789.5 · B
Hempstead County10990.9 · A
Hot Spring County13086.0 · B
Howard County8490.4 · A
Independence County17284.6 · B
Izard County6285.5 · B
Jackson County7684.7 · B
Jefferson County39390.9 · A
Johnson County11891.5 · A
Lafayette County2588.9 · B
Lawrence County8788.8 · B
Lee County4191.8 · A
Lincoln County4990.3 · A
Little River County5589.8 · B
Logan County8489.1 · B
Lonoke County28589.8 · B
Madison County7290.1 · A
Marion County5683.0 · B
Miller County19889.8 · B
Mississippi County21380.4 · B
Monroe County5991.6 · A
Montgomery County2588.8 · B
Nevada County3684.8 · B
Newton County3489.1 · B
Ouachita County13288.8 · B
Perry County3293.4 · A
Phillips County10591.9 · A
Pike County7387.8 · B
Poinsett County11283.7 · B
Polk County9286.3 · B
Pope County31290.9 · A
Prairie County4092.7 · A
Pulaski County39387.0 · B
Randolph County8290.6 · A
Saline County40288.9 · B
Scott County4090.9 · A
Searcy County4489.8 · B
Sebastian County40587.6 · B
Sevier County10787.0 · B
Sharp County11089.6 · B
St. Francis County13192.0 · A
Stone County6788.5 · B
Union County22990.9 · A
Van Buren County8884.0 · B
Washington County37384.5 · B
White County36784.6 · B
Woodruff County2985.0 · B
Yell County8187.7 · B

Questions about Arkansas grades

Who inspects restaurants in Arkansas?

Arkansas Department of Health. The state publishes observation counts, not grades or scores, so every letter is GradeLocal's.

What does Arkansas publish: a score, a letter or something else?

The agencies behind our Arkansas listings publish observation counts. None of them publish a score out of 100, so every Arkansas score on GradeLocal is a GradeLocal score, worked out from the official result.

How does GradeLocal grade restaurants in Arkansas?

For violation counts, we count every violation in the latest inspection. None is an A, 1 or 2 is a B, 3 to 5 is a C, and 6 or more is a D. An emergency closure order is also a D. Results with no score of their own get a set score for each letter: A is 95, B is 85, C is 72 and D is 50. We always use the latest inspection.

How many Arkansas restaurants are on GradeLocal?

10,648 restaurants in 75 counties. The average score is 88.3, a B. 49.3% have an A.

How current are the Arkansas grades?

Inspection dates in our Arkansas data run from Jan 3, 2024 to Oct 12, 2026. We update each state’s records regularly, but there is always a delay, and a restaurant may have been inspected again since. For the latest official report, follow the agency link on each restaurant’s page.

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